Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
a product in distinctive packaging
Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
[…]more judicious and distinctive heads...
Characteristic, typical.
his distinctive bass voice
A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.
...the red umbrella, the distinctive of royalty here...
A distinctive accent.
From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (“to push apart, to divide”), + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendency to). Cognate with French distinctif and Mediev...
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A distinctive of less power than Zakeph is Ṭiphḥâ.
A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.
Mennonites could go forth somewhat detached from the chauvinism of Western culture—but not so from the Mennonite distinctives.